IP Library Granted Patent US 9,988,020
Granted Patent B2
US 9,988,020 · App. 15/140,690 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Washer nozzle for a screen wash system

Inventors: Heiko Weitzel (Schenklengsfeld-Hilmes, DE); Dirk Ringler (Friedewald-Motzfeld, DE); Michael Droessler (Eschwege, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
B60S1/52B05B1/10F16K15/14
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Patent No.
US 9,988,020
App. No.
15/140,690
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A washer nozzle for a screen wash system of a motor vehicle has a pre-assembled structural unit of a jet insert and a check valve. This structural unit is pressed into a shaft of a housing. This makes the washer nozzle particularly easy to install.

Claims (25)

1. A washer nozzle for a screen wash system of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a housing;

a jet insert inserted in the housing and sealed against the housing;

a connection having a washing fluid channel for supplying screen washing fluid;

a water outlet of the jet insert for spraying washing fluid; and

a check valve configured to block a back flow of the washing fluid from the water outlet to the connection, the check valve consisting of:

a valve connector integrally connected with the jet insert, wherein the valve connector has a channel, the channel extending from a first opening of the valve connector distal from the housing to a second opening of the valve connector distal from the first opening and closer to the water outlet than the first opening; and

an elastic membrane,

wherein the second opening of the valve connector closer to the water outlet is covered by the elastic membrane of the check valve,

wherein the second opening of the valve connector is adjacent an interior entry to the jet insert for flow of the washing fluid from the connection through the check valve to the water outlet, and

wherein the flow of the washing fluid from the connection through the check valve to the water outlet consists of:

the washing fluid flowing in a first direction from the washing fluid channel through the first opening and channel of the valve connector, and exiting the channel through the second opening of the valve connector in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction,

the elastic membrane expands under a pressure of the flow of the washing fluid from the second opening of the valve connector, and

the flow of the washing fluid from the expanded elastic membrane enters the jet insert directly through the interior entry of the jet insert in the first direction.

2. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the membrane is fixedly clamped on the valve connector.

3. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second opening of the valve connector is arranged on a casing surface of the valve connector and the elastic membrane surrounds the valve connector in the region of the second opening of the valve connector.

4. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the valve connector has a round cross section and the elastic membrane is configured as a hose and is pushed over the valve connector.

5. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the elastic membrane is made from a rubber elastic material.

6. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the hose-like membrane has a slot next to the second opening of the valve connector.

7. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing has a sealing seat against a free end of the valve connector.

8. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the jet insert has a press fit in a shaft of the housing.

9. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the washer nozzle further comprises a plurality of elements arranged within the jet insert between the second opening of the valve connector and the water outlet of the jet insert, the plurality of elements configured to generate an oscillating jet of the washing fluid.

10. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second opening of the valve connector is arranged on a casing surface of the valve connector, and the elastic membrane surrounds the valve connector in the region of the second opening of the valve connector.

11. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the hose-like membrane has a slot next to the second opening of the valve connector.

12. The washer nozzle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the jet insert and the check valve are configured as a pre-assembled structural unit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 070441/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2016
From: WEITZEL, HEIKO; RINGLER, DIRK; DROESSLER, MICHAEL
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 039781/0169 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 207 940 · Apr 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160318486A1 · Nov 3, 2016